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Sam tried to oust other board member(s)

Sam was "extremely good at becoming powerful", too often getting his way in various conflicts with the board. Past board members and employees who opposed him, on a variety of issues, were forced out. They wanted a less powerful CEO.

Sam tried to compromise the independence of the independent board members by sending an email to staff “reprimanding” Helen Toner https://archive.ph/snLmn

Interpersonal squabbles not related to AI safety

Disagreement around filling board vacancies

Told one too many little fibs/frequently dishonest about minor decisions/pathological liar

Literally no other reason other than habitual lying and dishonesty, topic irrelevant

Sam was more interested in creating products and development speed, others were more interested in nonprofit mission and safety

Misalignment with nonprofit mission

Sam wanted to add board member(s)

A power play with no straightforward case ever given by the board

The board caught him lying several times

Alignment coup

Fundamental disagreement about OpenAI's safety approach

Fundamental disagreement about OpenAI's safety approach (the board wanted more safety)

Samaa wanted to scale the current models they had and squeeze the max utility out of them, while Ilya et al think that this is hindering their AGI efforts.

Sam intended to start a new company before he left

Something related to Microsoft

Sam hasn’t been honest about technical stuff that was going on at OpenAI

Withholding Specific AI Project Developments or Outcomes from the Board